chī bu shàng

HSK 7–9

吃不上 (chī bu shàng) is a Chinese word meaning “unable to get anything to eat; to miss a meal”.

Meanings

  1. 1unable to get anything to eat
  2. 2to miss a meal
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 吃不上

吃chī · to eat; to consume不bù · no; not so上shǎng · used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]

Related words

不no; not so上used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]上(bound form) up; upper; above; previous吃to eat; to consume吃variant of 吃[chi1]不过only不要don't!; must not对不起I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon不错correct上帝God马上at once晚上evening

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